User:Timbouctou/Bulgarian managers
The following is a list of association football managers who won the First Professional Football League and its predecessors, the top professional league in the Bulgarian football league system. Currently contested by 14 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Second Professional Football League. The reigning champions are Ludogorets, who won their tenth title at the end of the 2020–21 season under the management of Valdas Dambrauskas.
List of managers
[edit]- Key
| ‡ | Manager won both the League and Cup in the same season, completing the Bulgarian domestic Double. |
| † | National Cup won by team from outside the top league. |
- Notes
- [M] In the 2010–11 season Branislav Milačić took over the helm at Mogren in April two months before end of season. He led the team on Matchdays 25–33 and clinched the title on the last day of the season on 28 May 2011.
- B In the 2017–18 season Nikola Jurčević took over Dinamo Zagreb from Mario Cvitanović in March, and won the title with 3 games to play in May. He was sacked with only one league fixture left to play and replaced with Nenad Bjelica.
- C The 2019–20 season was another turbulent season for Dinamo. Following the Covid-19 lockdown in March, coach Bjelica was sacked in late April. He was replaced by Dinamo's youth coach Igor Jovićević and under him the club clinched the 2019–20 league title on 20 June 2020 with a draw against Gorica on Matchday 30, with six games left to play. However, following a 2–0 defeat to rivals Rijeka on Matchday 33, Jovićević too was sacked on 6 July 2020 and replaced by Zoran Mamić for the last three fixtures of the season.
- ^ a b "Krastyo Chakarov manager profile". Transfermarkt.com. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
- ^ "Dimitar Doychinov manager profile". Transfermarkt.com. Retrieved 17 May 2024.